The tank is about 6 months old and I have never had an algae outbreak, but the last two weeks I got my first experience.
As a newbie I have no idea of the name, please see pictures for reference.
To coincide with the outbreak I just started El Method for the first time.
I've done a prune and clean up operation with my water changes, (but the algae has to be pruned to completely remove and I have not got the lawn mower out yet.) So the algae keeps slowly creeping back over the week.
I now I done something stupid, I just dont know what that is. Apart from the algae the plants look health to my untrained eye off course.
INFO
Setup
Tank: 200 litre
Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia II
Light: H36 watt x 4
Height from: 15cm from water surface and 50cm from substrate.
Light time: 10 hours a day
Co2: Pressurised 5 bps
Co2 time: Starts two hours before lights and stops 1 hours before lights.
Drop checker: 4 dKH - Lime green
Filtration: Eheim classic 2215 canister filter.
Filtration in/out: Glass lily pipes
El Method
Macro Nutrition: 10 teaspoons of No3 and 2 Teaspoons of No4 into 500ml distilled water.
Micro mix: Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Tuesday – (after the 50% water change) – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Wednesday – 10ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Thursday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Friday – 10ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Saturday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Sunday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Monday – I dose nothing
Plants
Saggitaria Dwarf and non Dwarf
Corkscrew Vallisneria
Live Stock:
80 cardinal tetras
5 Red and 8 tiger Platy + 10 babies which are all new borns.
6 Otocinclus catfish
30 Cherry Red Shrimp - Could be more Cherrys as they have been breeding.
As a newbie I have no idea of the name, please see pictures for reference.
To coincide with the outbreak I just started El Method for the first time.
I've done a prune and clean up operation with my water changes, (but the algae has to be pruned to completely remove and I have not got the lawn mower out yet.) So the algae keeps slowly creeping back over the week.
I now I done something stupid, I just dont know what that is. Apart from the algae the plants look health to my untrained eye off course.
INFO
Setup
Tank: 200 litre
Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia II
Light: H36 watt x 4
Height from: 15cm from water surface and 50cm from substrate.
Light time: 10 hours a day
Co2: Pressurised 5 bps
Co2 time: Starts two hours before lights and stops 1 hours before lights.
Drop checker: 4 dKH - Lime green
Filtration: Eheim classic 2215 canister filter.
Filtration in/out: Glass lily pipes
El Method
Macro Nutrition: 10 teaspoons of No3 and 2 Teaspoons of No4 into 500ml distilled water.
Micro mix: Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Tuesday – (after the 50% water change) – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Wednesday – 10ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Thursday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Friday – 10ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition for traces
Saturday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Sunday – 20ml Macro Nutrition mix
Monday – I dose nothing
Plants
Saggitaria Dwarf and non Dwarf
Corkscrew Vallisneria
Live Stock:
80 cardinal tetras
5 Red and 8 tiger Platy + 10 babies which are all new borns.
6 Otocinclus catfish
30 Cherry Red Shrimp - Could be more Cherrys as they have been breeding.